Buckmasters News
2023 CRP signup open through April 7
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is accepting applications for its voluntary Conservation Reserve Program. Private landowners can apply at their local USDA...
Alligator hunt application process changes
More than 5,000 alligator harvest permits will be available when Florida’s annual recreational alligator hunting season application process opens May 6....
New, friendlier user options to report deer harvest
New, user friendly options for logging and reporting harvested deer are available to hunters in 2020, following changes by the Fish and Wildlife Conservation...
New rules in place for deer harvest reporting
Beginning with the 2019-2020 hunting season, which starts Aug. 3 in Zone A, a new harvest reporting rule goes into effect.
It requires all persons to comply...
FWC, agencies activate CWD response plan after disease detected in deer
The Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) has confirmed that a road-killed 4.5-year-old female white-tailed deer in Holmes County sampled during...
FWC, agencies activate CWD response plan after disease detected in deer
The Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) has confirmed that a road-killed 4.5-year-old female white-tailed deer in Holmes County sampled during...
Florida makes it easier, adds prizes to remove pythons
Two new programs have been created to encourage people to remove nonnative Burmese pythons from the Everglades ecosystem and surrounding area.
Florida hunters asked to participate in annual deer survey
If you hunt deer in Florida and receive a call requesting your participation in a deer hunter survey, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission...
Alligator hunt permit process opens May 17
Since 1988, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) and its predecessor, the Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission, have offered hunters...
10 communities seek BearWise funding
The Wildlife Commission has received applications from 10 communities for $515,283 in BearWise funding to help reduce human-bear conflicts.
“Feeding on...